Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Full reference: D. Ren, C. C. Labandeira, and C. K. Shih. 2010. New Mesozoic Mesopsychidae (Mecoptera) from northeastern China. Acta Geologica Sinica 84(4):720-731

Belongs to Vitimopsyche according to X. D. Lin et al. 2016

See also Ren et al. 2009 and Ren et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Vitimopsyche pectinella, Vitimopsyche pristina, Vitimopsyche torta

Type specimen: CNU-M-HP2005001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shimen village, Yangshulin, Pingquan County (CNU 2005 collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Shimen village, Yangshulin, Pingquan County (CNU 2005 collection)

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